Man Faces Up To 54 Years In Prison For Killing Mom In Bucks Co.

DOYLESTOWN, PA — William Michael Ingram pleaded guilty on Monday to third-degree murder and numerous related charges for the killing of his 82-year-old mother, Dolores Ingram, inside their Holland condominium in Northampton Township last year.

Ingram, 51, entered the plea before Common Pleas Judge Stephen A. Corr. As part of a negotiated sentence, Ingram will be sentenced to 26 to 54 years in state prison for the murder charge and related offenses. Judge Corr also retains the discretion to add 10 to 20 years on the drug offenses.

Ingram will be formally sentenced on Feb. 18.

Dolores Ingram’s body was discovered inside 26024 Beacon Hill Drive on the morning of June 15, 2024. The discovery was made after Northampton Township police officers responded to a welfare check requested by the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department.

The investigation found that after killing his mother, Ingram stole her Honda Civic and fled to Washington, D.C. He was taken into custody in Washington, D.C., that same morning for assaulting an officer and damaging a police vehicle.

While in custody, he confessed to Metro D.C. police officers that he had killed his mother.

Upon forcing entry into the locked front door of the condo, police found blood on a windowsill and throughout the interior. The living room was in disarray, and during the initial investigation, police located Dolores Ingram buried underneath a huge pile of clothes, towels/linens, furniture, and other household items on the far-right side of the room.

Also recovered from the pile were a blue laundry bag containing six pounds of marijuana, and a store bag containing $53,500 in cash, along with suspected Psilocybin mushrooms.

In addition to third-degree murder, Ingram pleaded guilty to aggravated assault, theft by unlawful taking, receiving stolen property, criminal mischief, possession of an instrument of crime, abuse of a corpse, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, possession of drug paraphernalia, two counts of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, and cruelty to animals.

The case was investigated by detectives with the Bucks County District Attorney’s Office and the Northampton Township Police Department, with help from the Metropolitan D.C. Police Department.